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The article claims:

  1. COVID-19 vaccines significantly increase the risk of death among children.
  2. Data from the UK's Office of National Statistics purportedly shows a 4,423% increase in mortality for vaccinated children compared to unvaccinated children.

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by Apprentice (1.4k points)
This is a misleading claim, as the majority of vaccinated children in the study were clinically vulnerable due to is still being early in the pandemic, meaning that most already had existing conditions outside of the vaccine.

https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/mortality-rates-uks-covid-vaccinated-children-misleading-2024-06-11/

ONS also said later that there have only been 5 vaccine deaths throughout the UK, which directely contradicts the original article.

https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/10/04/how-many-people-have-died-as-a-result-of-a-covid-19-vaccine/

Here, Politifacts backs up Reuters

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/24/blog-posting/no-evidence-covid-19-vaccine-increasing-child-mort/
by Apprentice (1.3k points)
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This is a strong fact-check, as you do well to disparage the original claim with multiple sources. You also gave additional credibility to one of the sources mentioned, which is very excellent. Great work!

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